Andy whitfield

• The long awaited premier of Spartacus Season two made one thing abundantly clear: Liam McIntyre is too young to play Spartacus and cannot fill the shoes of the late Andy Whitfield, the original Spartacus, who was ten years older than McIntyre when he died.
(Examiner)
• The late Andy Whitfields turn as the eponymous hero of Starz Spartacus was always going to be a tough act to follow, especially given the sad reason why the Welsh actor was forced to leave the show.
(Daily Mail)
• Liam McIntyre was working on the set of Spartacus the day that he learned that his predecessor Andy Whitfield had succumbed to non-Hodgkins lymphoma last fall. Whitfield first filled the title role of Starzs bloody gladiator drama.
(Fox 28)
• On September 11 last year, 39-year-old actor Andy Whitfield lost his battle with cancer. The news of his battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma shocked fans, because the Spartacus: Blood and Sand star seemed like the picture of good health.
(YAHOO!)
• It doesn't sound like anyone took replacing the late Andy Whitfield in his Spartacus role lightly.
(Hollywood Reporter)
• where two-time state finalist Jared Johnson needed only a minute to pin Whitfields Stephen Scobee. The days other champions were Jefferson City teammates Corbin Howard (106) and Hunter Neighbors (120).
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• It remains a hard-body romp on a CGI sprawl. But real-life tragedy, too, is a part of the story. Andy Whitfield, who originated the role of Spartacus, announced in March 2010 that he was stricken with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
(News.com.au)
• In that intervening time, a prequel, Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, aired and the shows title-character star, Andy Whitfield, was diagnosed with and died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
(Washington Examiner)
• McIntyre, 29, is replacing another Australian actor, Andy Whitfield, who died last year of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Starz early on said, make the character your own, McIntyre told TV critics during a telephone conference this week.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)